U.S. v. RUIZ

No. 88-2148.

860 F.2d 615 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nestor RUIZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Rudolph Garza Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex., (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Robert A. Berg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Onckern, U.S. Atty. Corpus Christi, Tex., Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, SNEED and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Nestor Ruiz was convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841 of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and under 21 U.S.C. § 846 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. He appeals these convictions on the basis of insufficiency of evidence. Upon a review of the record and applicable law, we affirm the district court and deny Nestor's appeal.

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